diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b899dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec16dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7617d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Test case for parsing temporal strings with format strings
+ * Expected Result: Success
+ **/
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+let $date := date("-0123-01-30")
+let $time := time("08:07:29.030Z")
+let $datetime := datetime("0137-12-31T23:59:59.999+08:00")
+return { 
+  "date-string-1": print-date($date, "YY/M/D"),
+  "date-string-2": print-date($date, "MMM DD, YYYY"),
+  "date-string-3": print-date($date, "YYYY/MM/DD"),
+  "time-string-1": print-time($time, "h.m.s.nn a z"),
+  "time-string-2": print-time($time, "hh.mm.ss.nnn a z"),
+  "datetime-string-1": print-datetime($datetime, "MMM DD h:m:s.nnn a YY z"),
+  "datetime-string-2": print-datetime($datetime, "YYYY/MMM/DD h:m:s.nnnz a"),
+  "datetime-string-3": print-datetime($datetime, "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnnz")
+ }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963e8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/temporal/parse_02/parse_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "date-string-1": "-123/1/30", "date-string-2": "JAN 30, -0123", "date-string-3": "-0123/01/30", "time-string-1": "8.7.29.03 AM Z", "time-string-2": "08.07.29.030 AM Z", "datetime-string-1": "DEC 31 3:59:59.999 PM 137 Z", "datetime-string-2": "0137/DEC/31 3:59:59.999Z PM", "datetime-string-3": "0137-12-31T15:59:59.999Z" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index fda9c09..1ec46dc 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -4349,6 +4349,11 @@
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="temporal">
     <test-case FilePath="temporal">
+     <compilation-unit name="parse_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parse_02</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="temporal">
      <compilation-unit name="parse_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">parse_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java
index 569db14..31d7263 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/base/temporal/DateTimeFormatUtils.java
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@
         return b;
     }
 
+    private byte toUpper(byte b) {
+        if (b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') {
+            return (byte) (b + TO_LOWER_OFFSET);
+        }
+        return b;
+    }
+
     public long parseDateTime(byte[] data, int dataStart, int dataLength, byte[] format, int formatStart,
             int formatLength, DateTimeParseMode parseMode) throws HyracksDataException {
         int year = 0, month = 0, day = 0, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0, ms = 0, timezone = 0;
@@ -694,11 +701,11 @@
                 case COMMA_CHAR:
                 case T_CHAR:
                     // separator
-                    separatorChar = format[formatPointer];
+                    separatorChar = format[formatStart + formatPointer];
                     processState = DateTimeProcessState.SEPARATOR;
                     formatPointer++;
                     formatCharCopies++;
-                    while (formatPointer < formatLength && format[formatPointer] == separatorChar) {
+                    while (formatPointer < formatLength && format[formatStart + formatPointer] == separatorChar) {
                         formatPointer++;
                         formatCharCopies++;
                     }
@@ -744,7 +751,9 @@
                         }
                     case MONTH:
                         if (processState == DateTimeProcessState.MONTH && formatCharCopies == 3) {
-                            append(appender, MONTH_NAMES[month - 1]);
+                            for (byte b : MONTH_NAMES[month - 1]) {
+                                appender.append((char)toUpper(b));
+                            }
                             break;
                         }
                     case DAY:
@@ -842,7 +851,7 @@
                                     "Incorrect separator: separator char is not initialized properly!");
                         }
                         for (int i = 0; i < formatCharCopies; i++) {
-                            appender.append(String.valueOf(separatorChar));
+                            appender.append((char) separatorChar);
                         }
                         break;
                     default:
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48e44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class PrintDateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PRINT_DATE;
+
+    private final static byte SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATE.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new PrintDateDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    private StringBuilder sbder = new StringBuilder();
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_DATE_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects (DATE, STRING) but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+
+                            long chronon = ADateSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(argOut0.getByteArray(), 1)
+                                    * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+                            int formatLength = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            sbder.delete(0, sbder.length());
+                            DT_UTILS.printDateTime(chronon, 0, argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, formatLength, sbder,
+                                    DateTimeParseMode.DATE_ONLY);
+
+                            out.writeByte(ATypeTag.STRING.serialize());
+                            out.writeUTF(sbder.toString());
+
+                        } catch (IOException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateTimeDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateTimeDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c507e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintDateTimeDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class PrintDateTimeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PRINT_DATETIME;
+
+    private final static byte SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.DATETIME.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new PrintDateTimeDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    private StringBuilder sbder = new StringBuilder();
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects (DATETIME, STRING) but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+                            long chronon = ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(argOut0.getByteArray(), 1);
+                            int formatLength = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            sbder.delete(0, sbder.length());
+                            DT_UTILS.printDateTime(chronon, 0, argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, formatLength, sbder,
+                                    DateTimeParseMode.DATETIME);
+
+                            out.writeByte(ATypeTag.STRING.serialize());
+                            out.writeUTF(sbder.toString());
+
+                        } catch (IOException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintTimeDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintTimeDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d589a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/PrintTimeDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ATimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.ANull;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.base.temporal.DateTimeFormatUtils.DateTimeParseMode;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AsterixBuiltinFunctions;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IDataOutputProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+public class PrintTimeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public final static FunctionIdentifier FID = AsterixBuiltinFunctions.PRINT_TIME;
+
+    private final static byte SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.TIME.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.STRING.serialize();
+    private final static byte SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG = ATypeTag.NULL.serialize();
+    private final static DateTimeFormatUtils DT_UTILS = DateTimeFormatUtils.getInstance();
+
+    public final static IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new PrintTimeDescriptor();
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public ICopyEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] args) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new ICopyEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ICopyEvaluator createEvaluator(final IDataOutputProvider output) throws AlgebricksException {
+                return new ICopyEvaluator() {
+
+                    private DataOutput out = output.getDataOutput();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut0 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage argOut1 = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval0 = args[0].createEvaluator(argOut0);
+                    private ICopyEvaluator eval1 = args[1].createEvaluator(argOut1);
+
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde = AqlSerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
+                            .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
+
+                    private StringBuilder sbder = new StringBuilder();
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple) throws AlgebricksException {
+                        argOut0.reset();
+                        eval0.evaluate(tuple);
+                        argOut1.reset();
+                        eval1.evaluate(tuple);
+
+                        try {
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] == SER_NULL_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            if (argOut0.getByteArray()[0] != SER_TIME_TYPE_TAG
+                                    || argOut1.getByteArray()[0] != SER_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                throw new AlgebricksException(getIdentifier().getName()
+                                        + ": expects (TIME, STRING) but got  ("
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut0.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ", "
+                                        + EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(argOut1.getByteArray()[0])
+                                        + ")");
+                            }
+
+                            long chronon = ATimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(argOut0.getByteArray(), 1);
+                            int formatLength = (argOut1.getByteArray()[1] & 0xff << 8)
+                                    + (argOut1.getByteArray()[2] & 0xff << 0);
+                            sbder.delete(0, sbder.length());
+                            DT_UTILS.printDateTime(chronon, 0, argOut1.getByteArray(), 3, formatLength, sbder,
+                                    DateTimeParseMode.TIME_ONLY);
+
+                            out.writeByte(ATypeTag.STRING.serialize());
+                            out.writeUTF(sbder.toString());
+
+                        } catch (IOException ex) {
+                            throw new AlgebricksException(ex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+        };
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
index 71ce352..566aa98 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/formats/NonTaggedDataFormat.java
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseDateDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseDateTimeDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.ParseTimeDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.PrintDateDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.PrintDateTimeDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.PrintTimeDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.TimeFromDatetimeDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.TimeFromUnixTimeInMsDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.temporal.YearMonthDurationComparatorDecriptor;
@@ -547,6 +550,9 @@
         temp.add(ParseDateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         temp.add(ParseTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
         temp.add(ParseDateTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(PrintDateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(PrintTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        temp.add(PrintDateTimeDescriptor.FACTORY);
 
         // Interval constructor
         temp.add(AIntervalFromDateConstructorDescriptor.FACTORY);